gemboy,
The G5 is a very capable processor, and will run a universal binary quite nicely. The fact that it's compiled as "universal" means that it has native versions for both the PowerPC and Intel chipsets, so both should work at their best potential (given the amount of optimization the developers do). So, NWE should, at least for a long time, run very well on a G5.
Any difference, of course, would come from whether the Intel chip really provides a significant speed boost over the G5.
My hunch, and I certainly have no concrete evidence for this, is that a current PowerMac G5 will run NWE a bit faster in most areas than an Intel iMac. Why? Even if the Core Duo were a superior chip to the G5 (questionable), the PowerMac has superior graphics, hard drive, and a variety of other things. Of course, then there's RAM speed, and we start getting really nit-picky, but I'll happily ignore any useful information that contradicts my hunch.
Nisus compatible with Intel-based Macs?
Ryan
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you were right
http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/feature ... /index.php
this article says what you suspected....
you read a lot when you are waiting for your new computer (I went with the intel)
Gem*Boy
this article says what you suspected....
you read a lot when you are waiting for your new computer (I went with the intel)
Gem*Boy
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Re: you were right
We finally got our Intel iMac on Friday. We did a bit of testing of Express running in emulation (Rosetta) and it functions as you would expect.gemboy27 wrote:http://www.macworld.com/2006/01/feature ... /index.php
this article says what you suspected....
you read a lot when you are waiting for your new computer (I went with the intel)
Gem*Boy
Now we can seriously test and produce a Universal Binary version of Express.
Dave
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A universal binary of Express is ready for testing:
http://www.nisus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1366
It's quite speedy on our Intel iMac, a definite improvement. We also have a version of Nisus Thesaurus for you.
http://www.nisus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1366
It's quite speedy on our Intel iMac, a definite improvement. We also have a version of Nisus Thesaurus for you.
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Honestly I'm not sure it would be worth the effort, as the universal binary is just a few megabytes larger than the PPC only version.Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus wrote:do you think you could make two separate versions—a PPC and FAT? Or is it too much trouble? It would save the bandwidth for you and for us.